How to draw Psylocke

How to draw Psylocke from Marvel X-men. Learn how to draw a female superhero from a video tutorial and step by step easy to follow images. In this post, you will learn to draw a woman face Marvel comics style and female figure for a heroine type. The video will demonstrate with explanation in detail on drawing technique from the blank paper to finish face and upper body, then the step by step images will continue on to show you the rest of how to draw a pose and Psylocke uniform for character. This tutorial should be easy enough if you are a novice artists, but might not suit you well if you are a total beginner. But if you are a beginner, watch the video anyway because it will be insightful. Also look for more and easier tutorial in categories on top of the blog. Psylocke or, her real name, Elizabeth “Betsy” Braddock is a fictional character in comics most notably the superhero team the X-Men. Elizabeth has been living the superhero life since her teenage years. Originally a charter pilot, Betsy took-up a modeling career, until her telepathic powers emerged and she joined S.T.R.I.K.E. After the assassin Slaymaster brutally beat and blinded Betsy, she was kidnapped by Spiral and Mojo and surgically given artificial eyes, restoring her sight. Naming her Psylocke, Betsy was freed from Mojo’s mental control, by the New Mutants and, after fending-off and attack by Sabretooth, joined the X-Men.

Here is a finished sketch of Psylocke from X-men.

Psylocke drawing

Watch the video tutorial how to draw Psylocke from X-men. It will show you only the first half of the whole tutorial.

Below are step by step images tutorial how to draw Psylocke. Step one, I sketch her head and torso shape very roughly. Step two, I begin to draw her facial feature and some hair line. Step three, I begin to add more detail on her face then use dark gray for her hair. Step four, I draw out her shoulders, arms and hands. Step five, I decides to add lower body so I draw her hip and thighs along with lowering her left arm. Step six, I change her right arm position to front foreshortening. Then I shade dark gray on her costume and leave her skin tone as is. Watch video tutorial for more in dept detail how to draw Psylocke.

About Xia Taptara

Xia Taptara (黃曉聲 Huang XiaoShēng), currently a freelance concept artist for games and films, formerly a character concept artist for ArenaNet/NCsoft (GuildWars & Guildwars 2). I also work on various projects for Game of Thrones, Square-Enix, Paizo Publishing, Fantasy Fight Games, Disney Interactive, and many publishers & clients. I use Wacom Tablet Intuos and Photoshop CS2,3,4,5 to do most of my professional art work. I use pencil, pen, and traditional medium in my free time. I founded IdrawGirls.com (TheArtClasses.com) in 2007 to motivate myself to create more and better art. Also I get to draw and paint whatever the hell I want to. Hopefully I can inspired some young soul and old soul alike.
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